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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1926

Page

4

Man Proposes Automatic Crossing Gates Here

Edward Bueklin, a former city resident, returns after a Massachusetts stay to pitch automatic crossing gates. The self operating system would close gates before trains and ring bells, opening only after passage. He seeks patent grants and plans a trial at North Gleport and other crossings to prove the concept.

Edward Bueklin Bueklin Massachusetts Mero Backlin Alasanchusetts Gleeport Providence Advon

Max Levy Inventor of Cut Machinery Dies At Max Levy dies in Allenhurst as pioneer of halftone screen making

Max Levy, a renowned inventor in the photo engraving industry, died at his summer home in Allenhurst this past Saturday. He created precision machinery for producing halftone screens used in newspapers and magazines.

Max Levy Allenhurst Max Love Mvente

Jupiter and its Galilean moons in August skies

A historic observatory note explains Galileo's discovery of four Galilean moons, details Jupiter's size, mass, and rapid rotation, and discusses Roemer's 1675 velocity of light finding. It mentions planets visible in August dawn and dusk skies including Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn with ring visibility and planetary brightness notes.

Jupiter Galileo Thes Neh Tack G Observators Lada Elanth Ruatard Galilig Ganymede Europa Callisto Canymede Solar System Earth Roemer Eros Laecarth Wice Hoemer Venus Cgeniiat Castor Pollux Orion Mars Saturn Jupite

Science explains grasshoppers kept in check by prawn study

New Bedford scientists report a grasshopper plague check may hinge on a parasitic worm called nemmris and a prawn whose color changes with light exposure. Harvard’s J Perkins notes prawns turn transparent under white light and dark under black, linked to blood cell activity and nerves.

New Bedford Wocals Mole Breuer Tess S. Department of Vg Burean Fae Lade Br. Cobb Murle J. Perkins Mr. Perkins Harvard Zoological Laboratory Paris Endles

Five Injured in Hartford Vehicle Mishaps

Five people sustained injuries in a cluster of motor vehicle accidents on the Berlin turnpike near Goodwin Park last night. The injured include Blanche Gett, Agnes, Thomas Gramll, John Brickmayer, and Mrs Mary Ranta. all were treated at Hartford Hospital with non life threatening injuries.

Hartford Berelin Turnpike Goodwin Park Blanche Gett High Street Agnes Wethersfield Avenue Thomas Graml LaArnoldale Road West Hartford John Brickmayer Heath Street Mmre Mary Ranta West 35Th Street New York City Hartford Hospital

New London Man Found Dead in Hotel Room

New York August Theody of Fred Friedman forty a New London Connecticut feather woods satesman was found in his hotel room last night. Physicians said he had been dead four days and expressed the opinion he had committed death by taking poison. A note was left indicating his business was dull though police did not divulge contents.

New York August Theody Fred Friedman Feather Woods Satesman New London Connecticut Puisen

Two Children Struck by Automobiles in City Street

On Saturday two children were struck by cars in the street, neither seriously hurt. Rob Mawester and Margaret Really were taken for medical attention. Chester Moras(neven) and others involved were noted in the chaotic scene near 14 Maples Won Avenue and Fay Houston Avenue.

Rob Mawester Margaret Chester Moras Gery Plore Sagun Aleyander Mori Fay Hostun

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